Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Is Erdogan a Pinochet After All?
“For a state to endure, it needs more than commerce and security. It needs civic fraternity.” –Aristotle Turks and Kurds have begun comparing current Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with former Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet. The rest of the...
Cavusoglu and Me
When two Turkish cabinet members were barred from campaigning for the dictatorship of Turkish President Erdogan in Germany, the sultan wannabe snarled: “If I want, I will come. If you don’t let me in, I will shake up the world for such impudence.” He then ordered his...
Will Trump Help Kurds Burn the Treaty of Lausanne?
In his book, The Art of the Deal, Donald Trump shares with his readers a typical hour-by-hour day of phone calls and meetings with various New York officials over building permits, acquisitions and charities. By 3:00 pm, there is no sign of lunch. No, Donald Trump is...
Two Presidents, an Oscar and Kurds
(Or an Open Letter to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) Dear Mr. Ahmadinejad: You recently made news in America with your open letter to President Trump, renewing your habit of venting your pent-up frustrations by writing to American presidents. Presidents Obama and Bush ignored...Kani Xulam
A native of Kurdistan, Kani Xulam is a commentator on the history and politics of Kurdistan, and advocates for the right of the Kurdish people to self-determination.
He is the director of the American Kurdish Information Network.
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